Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-07-23
MISS DILLY DAILY.

She is sort of omnipresent damsel,
common to all communities, and on fa-
nous wishing terms with all the neigh
borhood- at least, she thinks so. She
always runs into your house in great
haste as though her wish was to borrow
fire, instead Of telling you Gin voice
lowered in terrorized accents) thatyour
neighbors on the other side of her, have
just closed loving tussle to remove SUI
perfuous tresses from each others de-
voted heads. Indeed, our lingering in
formant draws on her imagination SO
strongly in depicting the manipulation of
Jet and cardinal locks, that we see
forthwith mental picture of the.
angelic book-keeper above, with busy
pen subtracting handfulls of hair from
our neighbours record.
She has remained standing during
this exciting recital, she being Gin too
much of a hurry" to sit down. Now
she sinks into chair and relates other
direful happenings,h her haste apparently
Of lesser Importance than her chit chat,
and the budget she is generously ban
quoting. you upon. All the time she is
going, but doesn't get off. Perhaps
Miss Oily Daily is such a very kind
hearted creature, and seeing the implied
entreaty in your face for just one more
of her stories, she cannot deny you her
society all at once, so she breaks the
shock of her departure by frequently
reiterated warnings of ssWell, really, I
must go.''
But she doesn't. She settles back
and aimlessly talks for ten more minu-
ties, through the washer women may be
waiting for her wages, with sick
family at home needing her immediate
presence; OF, she may be cheating you
out Of other duties which you are anx-
ious to discharges; but courtesy keeps
you there giving ear to Miss billy
Dally's gasconading and idle gossip.
Finally, this creature of most tire
some habit will arise; but still she tar
ries, standing in various unbecoming
attitudes, repeating for the fiftieth
time, II just run over for minute,n
forgetting she had already slain many
golden minutes.
She may get half way down the hall
when she will suddenly brighten up
with something she, chad nearly forgot
to say" Then, in nervous state, you
must listen to what is of no more bene-
fit to you or humanity in general than
Hebrew is to Geronimo. Then she hangs
on 10 edoor knob, still talking, as if she
held the hand of "a long lost friend and
felt loath to part with it. After the door
is opened, she issues general and par
ticular invitations to everybody present
to 'scan soon," pitched her voice to up
per 9 to reach those who may not have
followed her to the door.
She may get so far as the gate, when
an after thought, OF last underscore
to "call soon" strikes our ssgoing" cal
Ter, and you must risk a pneumonia by
standing in the chill winds to patiently
and politely hear to the end.
Everybody seems relieved after Miss
Oily Dally's departure. She may be
ever so nice otherwise, but her prolonged
announcements of going deract from
her society materially.
Miss Oily Daily and all others whom
it may concern, when you say you must
60, put your potential verb into force
and GO. Do not daily and have every
body on the g1i csve to see you go. Be
not offensive short or abrupt, but 90,
when you say that you are going. -Prof.
AID II GIRs0N an st Loalie Mnnnzaaao